Strainer.



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y APPLICATION FILED JULY 5'. 1918. LWATQ. Patented sept. 3,1918.

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1,277,474. speeiaeenen ef Letters Patent. Patented Sepe, 3, ame,

Application mea :my 5, 191s. seal ne. 243,361.

To all whom it my concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. PETIT, a citizen of the Republic ofFrance, residing 40 downturned end portions or ears 9 through whichclamping screws 10 extend to enter recessesin the spider and therebylocate the frame member.

secured to the hub 14 of the pinion by screws 15 or other appropriatemeans. A hand shaft 16 operated by a crank 17 is journaled latter formanually rotatin the presser.

ln testimony whereof l a X my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALBERT G. PETIT.

A beveled pinion 11 is journaled in a boss Witnessest y 45 12 of themember 8, being retained therein C. R. STICKNE'Y, against axialdisplacement by a washer 13 A. M. Dom. i

at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State y in a bearing member 18mounted on the 50 ofMichigan, have invented certain new and frame 8, andis provided with a beveled gear useful Improvements in Strainers ofwhich 19 meshing with the pinion 11. the followmg` is a specification,reference be A helical presser 20 with screw blade 2l ing had therein tothe accompanyingdrawadapted to sweep the inner face of the screen plings.l 5 has a conical core 22 that is stepped in the 55 *V Thisinvention relatesv to a strainer for bearing 6, an upright spindle 27from the forcing fruits and vegetables that are inv core extendingthrough the beveled pinion suspension, as in soups or the like, through11, andbeing either squared or splined for a screen that eliminateslarge lumps or like non-rotatable engagement therewith. matters. Theinvention includes an ar- The proportions of the core 22 and blade 60rangement of parts whereby the device may 21 are such that the spacebetween the screen be readily cleaned and whereby it iS easily and thecore within the helix steadily diminadapted for various uses. y ishes sothat solid articles caught by the rev- The invention consists in thematters olution of the presser are gradually forced vhereinafter setforth and more particularly through the screen as they are worked down65 pointed out in the appended claim. i toward the apex thereof. In thedrawings, Because of its construction the device is Figure 1 is a view,partially in section and readily mounted on any cooking vessel orpartially. in elevation, of a strainer that emthe like,'is readily takenapart for cleaning bodies features ofthe invention; and is extremelyeiiicient in crushing and 70 25 Fig. 2 is a view in plan thereof; andstraining solid or semi-solid matter.

Fig'. 3 is a view in perspective, reduced, Obviously, changes in thedetail of conof the device. i struction may be made without departingReferring to the drawings, an annular from the spirit of my inventionand I do not spider 1 has a projecting arm 2 with dependcare to limitmyself to any particular form 75 ing lug 3 and a radially oppositehandle 4 0r arrangement of parts.

whereby it may be supported on the rim of What claim is a vpailorcooking vessel. A conical sieve 5 .i A strainer comprising a spideradapted to of foraminous material depends from the be supported on therim of a cooking vessel, spider, a bearing cap 6 being provided atthe abearing frame detachably secured across 80 '86 lower end and staymembers 7 aiding in the spider, a conical screen depending fromsupportingl the latter directly to the spider thespider. a helicalpresser ste ped at lts and in sti enin fthe sieve 5. lower-end in theapex portion o the screen, vA frame mem er 8, preferably in the form` aspindle extendingl from the presser of a metal bar spans the spider 1and has through the bearing frame and means on the 25

